Knitted cap



B. SPECTOR AND L. E. ROSENBERG.

KNlTTED CAP.

FILED Patented July '4, 1922. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

194219602' v 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 B. SPECTOR AND L. E. ROSENBERG.

KNITTED CAP.

APPLICATION FILED DEc.23, 1920.

Patented July 4, 1922.

' @10st-,1y to the head BENJAMIN SPECTOR AND LOUIS E. ROSENBERG,

0F BIllfOOKLYN,` NEW YORK.

KNITTED CAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July d, 1922.

Application led December 23, 1920. Serial No. 432,668.

To all whom z'zf may concern.'

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN SPnc'roR, a citizen of Russia, and LoUIs E. ROSEN- BnRG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knitted Caps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to knitted caps, and has for its object to provide a cap of this characterwhich will fit the head of the wearer snugly without undue pressure, and which will cover and protect the ears and back of the neck, being especially suitable for aviators and outdoor workmen and Sportsmen.

The cap is made from a strip of knit fabric of zig-Zag form consisting of alternating oblique or herringbone transverse areas, the

.zig-zag parallel edges of the strip being selva-ges and each having a series of projecting points. In order to make the cap conform to the Shape of the human head andjcover the ears and back of the neck, some of the projecting points along the selvage Aedges of the strip are 'made longer than others by knitting some of the oblique areas of greater extent than others. The margins of the points of one selvage edge are sewed togetherto form the top of the cap, while the ends o-f the stri of fabric are also sewed`together at the back of the cap.

We have discovered that by having two oppositely inclined or oblique narrow areas of herring-bone .weave between successive single wider oblique areas which are in turn woven on opposite inclines, the top of the cap, formed by sewing one selvage of the strip together, will conform more perfectly to the top of the wearers head without undue stretching of the fabric, than is possible in prior constructions. We have also found that by increasing the number of zig-zag or herring-,bone areas in the strip from which the ca -is formed, greater elasticity is given )to t of the wearer without producing uncomfortable pressure. Furthermore, we have found that by interposing a pair of oppositely inclined areas of less longitudinal extent between successive oblique areas of greater extent the margin of the cap, constituted by one of the zigzag selvages .of thev strip, will. lit more closely the head of the wearer-and will gitudinal extent similar to the e cap soth-at it will fitnot have the same tendency to curl up that is present where two oppositely inclined areas of greater longitudinal extentcome together forming longer points or angular projections at the edge or margin of the cap.

The invention will be rst hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying dra-wings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate -corresponding parts throughout the several views:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cap as it appears on the head of the wearer.

Figure 2 is a plan View of the strip of fabric from which the cap is formed.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the cap.

Figure 4 is a side elevation thereof. gigure 5 is a rear elevation of the cap, an

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the same.

The cap 1 is formed from the strip of knitted fabric shown in Figure 2 and which has Selvages of zig-zag contour at its upper and lower margins. The central portion of the strip consists of oppositely inclined areas of comparatively little longitudinal extent forming an indentation or re-entrant angle comp-rising the marginal portions l5 and 16 at the upper edge of the strip, and a projecting point 24 on the lower edge 4of the strip. At opposite sides of Said middle areas of littlelongitudinal extent there are single oppositely inclined transverse areas of greater extent longitudinally, the upper margins of which are designated 10 and 18 in Figure 2. Next to said areas of greater longitudinal extent come pairs of oppositely inclined transverse areas of less lonmiddle areas, the said pairs of areas of less extent forming points indicated by the marginal portions 12 and 13, and 21 and 22 on the upper edgevof vthe strip, and notches 25, 25 on the lower edge thereof. Next to these pairs of areas of less longitudinal extent, working from the center towards the ends of the strip, comev single oppositely inclined areas of greater longitudinal extent the upper edges of which4 are indicated at 9 and 19, respectively, in` Figure 2, and the extreme endportions ofthe strip consist of single transverse oblique areas of less longitudinal extent similar to those already described and which, when the ends 3 and 4 are sewed together in .making the cap, constitute a pair of oppositely inclined areas corresponding to the middle pair `of the strip, as best shown in Figure 5. The upper edges of said end transverse areas are designated 6 and 7 in Figure 2, while their lower edge portions, when-secured together', form a projecting point 26, Figures 4 and 5.v

In making up the cap from 'the strip of herring-bone knitted fabric illustrated in Figure 2, the edges and, 16 ofthe middle transverse areas at the top margin of thev strip are sewed together forming the seam 17, Figures 3 and 6, and the edges 6 and 7 are sewed together forming the seam 8 illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 and constituting -a continuation of the seam 5 formed by -sewing the ends v3 and 4 of the stripto each other. The edges 12 and 13 are sewed to the coresponding length of the edges 9 and 10 forming seams 14 shown in Figures 4 and the same manner, edges 21 and 22arel sewed 6, and the remainin portions of said edges 9 and l() are sewe vtogether forming the seam 11 illustrated 'in the same figures. In

to the corresponding length of the edges 18 and 19 forming seams 23 best shown in Figure 6, while the'remaining portions ofl said edges 18 and -19 are sewed to each other to form the seam 20.

The formation of the top of the cap in this way produces abroader and flatter top than in prior constructions, -this broader i formation of the top making it fit4 more perfectly tothe top of the head of the wearer without undue stretching and without pressing upon the head to a degree apt to cause discomfort. The notches 25- in the' margin of the cap make' the side portionsof saidk margincling closely to the sides of the wearerfs head below the ears','as shown in Figure 1, so that .there is not the tendency for the small points'at opposite sides of'said 'i notches 2'5"to curl up aftery continued wear a that there would be Aif Single longer 'points were vpresent at-'these points on 'the margin coveringthe ears of the wearer. v

What we claim is 1. A knitted cap comprising a flat' strip of fabric of herring-bone weave'having pairs of oppositely inclined transverse areas interposed between sngle oppositely inclined transverse areas of greater longitudinal extent throughout the lengthof the strip, the

ends of said strip and-the irregular upper l of the strip being secured together to form the back of the cap, and the adjacent edges of the irregular zig-zag selvage at one edge of the strip being also secured to one another to form the top of the cap, the adjacent zigzag'marginal portions of equal extent being secured to each, otherand the adjacent marginal portionsof unequalextent bein secured toeach other vand the excess 0% the longer marginal portions which extend beyondsaid adjacent 'shorter portions beingalso secured together forthe purpose speci- A fled. y

l3. A knitted cap comprising a `flat strip of fabric havingsuccessive transverse areas of herring-bone weave of unequal longitudinal extent forming zig-zag parallel selvages,

-one of said selvages being secured together to form the top ofthe cap and the ends of said strip being securedtogether tol form the back of the cap, while the other selvage constitutesthe edge of thel cap, there being single projecting' points on said edge of the cap, to coverthe forehead- 'and back of the l neck of the wearer, alternating with pairs of projecting .points of the-same size for .In testimony whereof -we haveslgned our' ecification.

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